2023 Baseball Season

[ramster]

2023 Baseball Schedule Released includes 55 games

https://gorhody.com/news/2022/11/29/baseball-faces.aspx

2023 Rhode Island Baseball Schedule
Feb. 17-19 - at Sam Houston State
Feb. 24-26 - at Mercer
March 3-5 - at Virginia (4 games)
March 11-12 - at Bucknell (3 games)
March 14 - Merrimack
March 15 - Sacred Heart
March 17-19 - at Washington (4 games)
March 22 - Merrimack
March 24-26 - Marist
March 28 - at Quinnipiac
March 29 - at Northeastern
March 31- April 2 - George Mason*
April 4 - Bryant
April 6-8 - Fordham*
April 11 - at Brown
April 12 - Holy Cross
April 14-16 - St. Bonaventure*
April 19 - UMass Lowell
April 21-23 - Davidson*
April 25 - Boston College
April 26 - Hartford
April 28-30 - Dayton*
May 5-7 - Massachusetts*
May 12-14 - St. Joseph University*
May 16 - UConn
May 18-20 - VCU*
May 23-27 - Atlantic 10 Championship
* - 3-game A-10 series

[RhowdyRam02]

Top 7 seeds will make the A10 tournament held at The Diamond, VCU's home ballpark

[KeaneyBluBallz]

seems to be a softer OOC schedule from years past.

[Rhodymob05]

Yea definitely softer OOC, it’s usually like LSU then Texas then Clemson. That’s ok though.

[ramster]

Nice recognition

https://gorhody.com/news/2022/12/19/kop ... -team.aspx

[RhowdyRam02]

Picked to finish 6th, with the top 7 making the conference championship at VCU

https://atlantic10.com/news/2023/2/7/da ... title.aspx

[RF1]

I did not realize that 20% of the the A-10 (3 of 15 members) presently does not have a men's baseball team. No squads at LaSalle, Duquense, and Loyola-Chicago.

[ramster]

I did not realize that 20% of the the A-10 (3 of 15 members) presently does not have a men's baseball team. No squads at LaSalle, Duquense, and Loyola-Chicago.

RF1,
Baseball was dropped by LaSalle as 1 of 7 sports due to Covid related budget issues.
Jack Cucinotta transferred to URI when LaSalle dropped baseball

The fact that Loyola doesn't have a baseball team is a bit disconcerting when one considers we just added them to the A10

https://gorhody.com/sports/baseball/ros ... notta/6759

[RhowdyRam02]

URI opens their season tonight in Huntsville, TX against the Sam Houston State Bearkats at Don Sanders Stadium



Friday, Feb. 17: 7:30 p.m.
Pitching Matchup: Rhode Island RHP Sean Sposato vs. Sam Houston RHP Colton Atkinson

Saturday, Feb. 18: 4:00 p.m.
Pitching Matchup: Rhode Island's LHP Trystan Levesque vs. Sam Houston's LHP Steven Beard

Sunday, Feb. 19: 2:00 p.m.
Pitching Matchup: Rhode Island's RHP Braeden Perry vs. Sam Houston's RHP Logan Hewitt

Tonight's game is on ESPN+ and Sunday's game is on KSAM 101.7 if you want to find a way to listen in through your phone or computer

[R.Kelly150]

Nice looking baseball stadium. After the ongoing BB practice facility build and proposed football stadium and track builds it would be awesome to see URI look at upgrading the baseball, soccer and softball facilities. I don’t think the upgrades at these facilities would be nearly as insurmountable or anywhere near as complex as what has been done with the Ryan Center and practice facilities or what is planned for Meade and the outdoor track.

[theblueram]

Team just lost 25-2 today against Sam Houston. Hooo boyyy.

[RhowdyRam02]

Team just lost 25-2 today against Sam Houston. Hooo boyyy.

Well we did beat them by 10 on Saturday.

Not sure how good Sam Houston State is supposed to be, but 1-2 to start the year on the road is probably fairly standard for a northern team

[RhowdyRam02]

Nice looking baseball stadium. After the ongoing BB practice facility build and proposed football stadium and track builds it would be awesome to see URI look at upgrading the baseball, soccer and softball facilities. I don’t think the upgrades at these facilities would be nearly as insurmountable or anywhere near as complex as what has been done with the Ryan Center and practice facilities or what is planned for Meade and the outdoor track.

The original bond was $82.3 million for everything, so after the $54.1 million for Meade and the outdoor track facility that leaves $28.2 million for baseball, soccer, softball, and pool repairs

[R.Kelly150]

Nice looking baseball stadium. After the ongoing BB practice facility build and proposed football stadium and track builds it would be awesome to see URI look at upgrading the baseball, soccer and softball facilities. I don’t think the upgrades at these facilities would be nearly as insurmountable or anywhere near as complex as what has been done with the Ryan Center and practice facilities or what is planned for Meade and the outdoor track.

The original bond was $82.3 million for everything, so after the $54.1 million for Meade and the outdoor track facility that leaves $28.2 million for baseball, soccer, softball, and pool repairs

Oh thanks for the clarification, that’s great. Looking forward to seeing all the athletic facilities upgrades that come out of this bond. Especially Meade!

[RhowdyRam02]

Baseball heads down to Macon, GA to take on Mercer in a three game series at OrthoGeorgia Park



Friday, Feb. 24: 6:00 p.m.
Pitching Matchup: Rhode Island RHP Sean Sposato (0-0, 1.50 ERA) vs. Mercer RHP Josh Harlow (1-0, 0.00 ERA)

Saturday, Feb. 25: 3:00 p.m.
Pitching Matchup: Rhode Island LHP Trystan Levesque (1-0, 3.00 ERA) vs. Mercer RHP Ryan Lobus (0-0, 4.50 ERA)

Sunday, Feb. 26: 11:00 a.m.
Pitching Matchup: Rhode Island RHP Braeden Perry (0-1, 22.50 ERA) vs. Mercer RHP Josh Farmer (0-0, 4.50 ERA)

There doesn't appear to be any way to watch or listen to these games

[steviep123]

Rhody dropped the first game 9-7 before winning the other 2 for the series win, 7-4 and 15-4! At Virginia is next.

[NYGFan_Section208]

is there a pitch clock?

[R.Kelly150]

Next up four games in three days with Virginia. They are Ranked #19 currently, would be huge even if the boys split with them. Could be one of the biggest crowds they will play in front of this season.

[ramster]

Michael Anderson wins 2nd consecutive A10 Rookie of the Week.

https://gorhody.com/news/2023/2/28/base ... award.aspx

[RhowdyRam02]

Rhode Island heads down to Charlottesville, VA to take on #19 Virginia in a 3 game series starting tomorrow at Disharoon Park



Saturday, March 4 - 12:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 4 - 3:30 p.m. or about 40 minutes after conclusion of first game
Sunday, March 5 - 1:00 p.m.

All games will be on ACC Network and ESPN+

[ramster]

It was a 4 game series but unfortunately got shortened due to weather.

[UCH21377]

I’m actually not far from Charlottesville tonight. 40 degrees and raining; not exactly baseball weather

[NYGFan_Section208]

I’m actually not far from Charlottesville tonight. 40 degrees and raining; not exactly baseball weather

I think you meant "that's New England baseball weather in March"?

[RF1]

Baseball finally played its first games at home this past weekend. Swept a three game stand against Marist. Now 7-11 for the season with a much more balanced home and away schedule the rest of the way.

[PeterRamTime]

Waaaay better start to the season for the baseball team

[HobbyBurley]

Win over Merrimack yesterday gets the team to 8-11, and the 200th career win for Coach Cerrato.

Interesting game this afternoon vs. Northeastern. Huskies are 18-4 and 21st in RPI so this will be Rhody's 7th quad 1 game, they are 1-5 so far in Q1.

The A10 is looking wide open - only two teams are above .500 (Davidson and St. Louis) but only URI, GW and Dayton have played tough schedules in nonconference.

This site has some great info: https://rpiupdatebaseball.blogspot.com/ ... sland.html

[Rhodymob05]

General thought. It’s amazing how baseball differs to indoor sports. Southern schools have such an advantage it’s not even funny. Imagine playing home games in 75 degrees in March vs 43 and sleet?

[HobbyBurley]

General thought. It’s amazing how baseball differs to indoor sports. Southern schools have such an advantage it’s not even funny. Imagine playing home games in 75 degrees in March vs 43 and sleet?

Yep, sad reality of New England baseball. Good to see UConn and BC doing well this year, Northeastern also.

Rhody starts off conference play at 3-3. Also a nice 12-5 win over Brown today with a home run saving catch.

Important series this weekend vs the Bonnies who give up 1Davidson and St Louis top the standings so far with both at 5-1 in conference.

Edited to remove broken link and misinfo!

[steviep123]

[ramster]

General thought. It’s amazing how baseball differs to indoor sports. Southern schools have such an advantage it’s not even funny. Imagine playing home games in 75 degrees in March vs 43 and sleet?

Yep, sad reality of New England baseball. Good to see UConn and BC doing well this year, Northeastern also.

Rhody starts off conference play at 3-3. Also a nice 12-5 win over Brown today with a home run saving catch -

Only 9 conference games left, important series this weekend vs the Bonnies who give up 11 runs/game. Davidson and St Louis top the standings so far with both at 5-1 in conference.

There are actually 18 A10 Conference Games left:

April 12 - Holy Cross
April 14-16 - AT St. Bonaventure*
April 19 - UMass Lowell
April 21-23 - Davidson*
April 25 - Boston College
April 26 - Hartford
April 28-30 - Dayton*
May 5-7 - AT Massachusetts*
May 12-14 - AT St. Joseph University*
May 16 - UCONN
May 18-20 - VCU*
May 23-27 - Atlantic 10 Championship

* 3-game A-10 series

[ramster]

URI was down 3-5 after 6 innings today but came from behind to win 9-5 at Olean NY

Big win in Game 1 of the 3 game series

[RF1]

URI defeats St Bonaventure 8-1 on Sunday to take a sweep of the three game series in Olean-NY. The Rams record is now 16-16 (6-3 in A-10), the first time it has been at or above .500 since the first weekend of the season.

[PeterRamTime]

Swept St Bonaventure

16-16 6-3

Last year at this time they were

8-24

Pretty good improvement! Make the tournament!

[NYGFan_Section208]

how many make it and what're Rhody's chances?

[ramster]

how many make it and what're Rhody's chances?

Top 7 make the A10 Tournament
Big 3 game series at URI against 2nd place Davidson this weekend

Current A10 Standings

1-SLU 8-1
2-Davidson 7-2
3-URI 6-3
4-VCU 5-4
5-Richmond 5-4
6-Dayton 5-4

7-GMU 4-5
8-St Joseph's 4-5
9-GW 4-5
10-Fordham 3-6
11-St Bonaventure 2-7
12-UMASS 1-8


URI has games remaining with the following teams in sequence:
Davidson 7-2
Dayton 5-4
@UMASS 1-8
@St Joseph's 4-5
VCU 5-4




April 19 - UMass Lowell
April 21-23 - Davidson*
April 25 - Boston College
April 26 - Hartford
April 28-30 - Dayton*
May 5-7 - AT Massachusetts*
May 12-14 - AT St. Joseph University*
May 16 - UCONN
May 18-20 - VCU*
May 23-27 - Atlantic 10 Championship

* 3-game A-10 series

[RhowdyRam02]

Top 7 make the conference baseball tournament with the 1 seed getting a first round bye

[Rhodymob05]

They have some good momentum and a good home stretch coming up.

[ramster]

Game vs #11 Ranked Boston College game has been cancelled but a game vs #10 Ranked UCONN was just added for today April 25th in Hartford at 6:05pm

URI will still host #10 UCONN in Kingston on May 16

https://gorhody.com/news/2023/4/24/base ... tford.aspx

[ramster]

Boston College game cancelled

https://gorhody.com/news/2023/4/24/base ... ainst.aspx

[ramster]

UCONN Ranked #10. 1st time ranked in Top 10 in a National Poll since 1979

URI plays UCONN today in Hartford.

https://www.courant.com/2023/04/24/ucon ... nkin-park/

[ramster]

URI loses to UCONN 10-0
Current standings:

April 26 - Hartford
April 28-30 - Dayton*
May 5-7 - AT Massachusetts*
May 12-14 - AT St. Joseph University*
May 16 - UCONN
May 18-20 - VCU*

[ramster]

A10 Rookie of the Week

Feb 21 Michael Anderson URI, David Owsik St Joseph's
Feb 28 Michael Anderson URI
Mar 8 Eddie Yamin IV Dayton
Mar 14 Austin Neuweg St Louis
Mar 20 Ryan Weingartner St Joseph's
Mar 27 Will McCausland St Joseph's
Apr 3 Michael O'Shaighnessy Davidson
Apr 10 Braedon Perry URI
Apr 17 Jordan Jaffe, Richmond, Zachery Peters VCU
Apr 24 Michael Anderson URI

Michael Anderson this week picked up his 3rd Rookie of the Week Award. Anderson is the only multi week winner of the award in the 1st 10 weeks of the season.

No URI Player has received Player of the Week or Pitcher of the Week to date

[ramster]

April 30 Standings. Top 7 make A10 Tournament

Davidson 10-4
St Joseph's 11-5
St Louis 10-6
Dayton 9-6
Richmond 8-6
VCU 9-7
URI 8-7
George Mason 7-7
George Washington 7-7
UMASS 4-11
Fordham 4-12
St Bonaventure 3-12



Remaining games for URI:

May 5-7 - AT Massachusetts*
May 12-14 - AT St. Joseph University*[/color]
May 16 - UCONN
May 18-20 - VCU*

[Jdrums#3]

Go Rhody! Finish strong!

[RF1]

Go Rhody! Finish strong!

The opposite is occurring. 2-7 in the last nine games with just one of these games away from Kingston.

[Jdrums#3]

Bummer, RF1. I appreciate the recent record update.

Tough games coming up, too. Do you think that can pull themselves out of the slump and salvage a conf tourney spot?

[RF1]

Bummer, RF1. I appreciate the recent record update.

Tough games coming up, too. Do you think that can pull themselves out of the slump and salvage a conf tourney spot?

I do not know much about the team other than occasionally looking at their schedule and game scores. I therefore cannot answer your question. All I know is that things appear to be trending in the wrong direction. Given that a northern program like URI plays far fewer home games, it is troubling that the team recently went just 2-6 in its most recent Bill Beck Field games.

[Jdrums#3]

Thanks for responding, RF1.

Other than knowing 1-2 guys on the baseball team when I was at Rhody, I haven’t followed the team over the years other than checking in here in passing from time to time.

[ramster]

Go Rhody! Finish strong!

The opposite is occurring. 2-7 in the last nine games with just one of these games away from Kingston.

Bummer, RF1. I appreciate the recent record update.

Tough games coming up, too. Do you think that can pull themselves out of the slump and salvage a conf tourney spot?

I do not know much about the team other than occasionally looking at their schedule and game scores. I therefore cannot answer your question. All I know is that things appear to be trending in the wrong direction. Given that a northern program like URI plays far fewer home games, it is troubling that the team recently went just 2-6 in its most recent Bill Beck Field games.

[ramster]

Go Rhody! Finish strong!

The opposite is occurring. 2-7 in the last nine games with just one of these games away from Kingston.

Bummer, RF1. I appreciate the recent record update.

Tough games coming up, too. Do you think that can pull themselves out of the slump and salvage a conf tourney spot?

I do not know much about the team other than occasionally looking at their schedule and game scores. I therefore cannot answer your question. All I know is that things appear to be trending in the wrong direction. Given that a northern program like URI plays far fewer home games, it is troubling that the team recently went just 2-6 in its most recent Bill Beck Field games.

Some thoughts on the 2-7 record in last 9 games you mention.
1st loss to UMASS Lowell was OOC. In college baseball, teams often play pitchers who might not get much action in A10 conference play. VS UMASS Lowell URI threw 10 different pitchers all 1 inning or less
Same with Hartford loss - another OOC game. Some players in action that might not normally play. Best pitchers might see little or no action depending on upcoming A10 games - have to save the best for A10 games.

The path to NCAA bid is winning the A10 Conf Tournament. No at large bids for the A10 expected. Plan and play to win the A10 Championship.

The loss to #9 ranked UCONN was expected. UCONN was a late sub for #19 ranked Boston College who cancelled last minute due to air travel delays/difficulties.

The 2 wins of the 9 games came as URI went 1-2 vs 1st place Davidson and 1-2 vs a tough Dayton squad. It was important that we not get swept vs those two teams. Davidson was picked preseason 1st place with 5 1st place votes.

Preseason URI was picked by Coaches to finish 6th. We are currently 6th place. Just as expected.

The home field factor favored URI vs Davidson and Dayton. But home field in college baseball is not near as big as in basketball or football. 50-100 fans at games, typically windy/cool during these past 9 games keeps people away.

Reasons for optimism!!!!!

We just handily won @ last place UMASS yesterday. 2 more games this weekend could move URI up in the standings. Let's hope so.

Upcoming 3 games AT 2nd place St Joseph's - consider that St Joe's was picked 7th preseason coaches poll - they are beatable.

Final series of year is AT URI vs 8th place VCU. VCU lost to 1st place Davidson yesterday in game 1 of 3 this weekend. Big series to end the regular season. VCU was picked 2nd preseason with 4 1st place votes. VCU is good and this could be a huge series for both URI and VCU that weekend. Both fighting to be in Top 7 Trams that go to A10 Tournament in Richmond. And fighting for best possible seed.

URI is capable of winning the A10 Tournament.